Waiting to move

2 days later i will be taking china airline to Taiwan for attachment at Tsu Chi HQ Hospital at Hua Lian. So i'm hanging around in KL these few days, n quite free actually.

After a briefing by seniors who went there b4, i realized that there are so many nice places in taiwan to see n visit. Compared to them, we have shorter time to travel around coz we gonna spend 3 weeks on attachement and 1 week to travel in taiwan. So from their experience, we probably gonna go to places where highly recommended, so will be more selective :p

According to them, some places that are 'must go' include Gao Xiong, Ali Shan, Qi Xing Tan and Taipei. (I not really know how to spell or write the real name haha!) During the time in Hua Lian, there are already many places to go around in the weekends and free time during weekdays. We gonna borrow bicycle and explore around ourselves. The good thing in taiwan is that bicycle is safe and popular in smaller town like in Hua Lian.

Taiwan is really an environmental friendly place, besides cycling, they discourage the use of plaster bags, extra charges will be made if u need plastic bags in supermarket. Eating in Tsu Chi cafe is also a good example. We use own food container called '环保饭盒’ to eat or 'dabao', no use of polyester products.

We are lucky to get accomodation in hostel of the hospital. The facilities are great and convenient according to previous batch. The only thing is that we need to come back by 11 or 12am coz the gate will close, so 'gonna sleep early wake up early' （早睡早起）n be a good boy lo haha :) heard there is no wifi access in the hostel, so hv to go to the library to online. Anyway, i will bring my laptop along for my elective work, also for entertainment purpose :p

According to Shiun Woei, the food there is very nice. The cafe only serves vege food. We need to buy prepaid card to eat, but it is very cheap, only about RM2 per meal after converting to ringgit. Accomodation is free & we only nid to pay for water & electrical supply. Feeling very grateful for the good offer from Tsu Chi to medical students like us.

I still not very sure the best way of connection in Taiwan. For phone call we probably will get a new local number for the ease of contacting each other. IDD card is suitable for calling back Malaysia coz its more expensive if use my own maxis number. However, i still activate my international roaming, so only call me if emergency ya! ( i will be charged with same rate when receiving)

I found back my old Skype account luckily. So if the speed allowed, its the cheapest way to call back, but need stable internet connection lor. I will try to update wats going on in Taiwan in my blog, and hope to share more with u all here :) If u hv gone to taiwan b4, u are very welcome to give some advices and suggestions about where to go, what to buy, what to eat, what to play!